Dukes of Luxembourg List of monarchs of Luxembourg
1 dukes of luxembourg
1.1 house of luxembourg-limburg
1.1.1 claimants
1.2 house of valois-burgundy
1.3 house of habsburg
1.4 house of bourbon
1.5 house of wittelsbach
1.6 house of habsburg
1.7 house of habsburg-lorraine
dukes of luxembourg
in 1354 county elevated duchy.
house of luxembourg-limburg
as elisabeth had no surviving children, sold luxembourg philip iii, duke of burgundy in 1441 succeed upon death. philip captured city of luxembourg in 1443, did not assume ducal title because of conflicting claims anne of austria, closest luxembourg relative.
claimants
house of valois-burgundy
in 1467, when elisabeth ii of austria, last rival claimant title, renounced rights, philip iii s son, charles, duke of burgundy, assumed title of duke of luxembourg, making subsidiary title of duke of burgundy.
house of habsburg
in 1482 luxembourg passed house of habsburg. after abdication of emperor charles v, duchy of luxembourg fell spanish line of house of habsburg.
during war of spanish succession, 1701–1714, duchy disputed between philip of anjou, grandson of louis xiv of france, house of bourbon , charles of austria, son of leopold i, holy roman emperor, house of habsburg. in 1712 luxembourg , namur ceded maximilian ii emanuel, elector of bavaria french allies, end of war in 1713 treaty of utrecht max. emanuel restored elector of bavaria. in 1713 duchy fell austrian branch of house of habsburg.
house of bourbon
house of wittelsbach
house of habsburg
house of habsburg-lorraine
luxembourg occupied french revolutionaries between 1794 , 1813. @ vienna congress, elevated grand duchy , given in personal union william of netherlands.
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